He should just re-license GCC to close whatever perceived loophole, instead of actively making GCC more difficult to work with (for everyone!). RMS has done so much good, but he's so far from an ideal figure.

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tovej 6 days ago | parent [-]

How in the world would you relicense GCC

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colechristensen 6 days ago | parent [-]

Most contributions are required to assign copyright to the FSF, so it's not actually particularly open.

If the FSF is the sole copyright owner they're free to relicense it however they please, if no one else has any controlling interest of the copyright, the GPL doesn't restrict you from relicensing something you're the sole owner of (and it's doubtful there's a legal mechanism to give away rights to something you continue to own)

Again, the FSF under Stallman isn't about freedom it's about control.

	▲	tovej 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		"Most" is not all, and I doubt rights have been turned over since the beginning. Either way, it would just create a GPL fork.